Answer: When a firm is operating in a perfectly competitive labor market: <u>"the firm can buy as much or as little labor as it wants at a fixed, going wage rate."</u>
Explanation:
1- "the wage the firm increases with the number of workers hired" - Is incorrect because The salary paid by the company is treated as a constant salary.
2- Correct.
3- "the firm’s marginal expense of labor (MEL) equals the cost of all workers hired." is incorrect because the firm’s marginal expense of labor (MEL) is equal to the salary (wage) rate.
Answer:
The correct answer is c. the company's present businesses offer attractive growth opportunities and can be counted on to generate good earnings and cash flows for shareholders.
Explanation:
A commercial line of products refers to products that are related to each other by some condition such as price, use or distribution. If, after evaluating the market, it is found that these products have a high growth potential, the best thing would be to continue betting on them within a reasonable period of time to reach a considerable level of sales. These products can in some way motivate the sale of others and therefore generate profits in the medium or short term for the shareholders.
Answer: initially Sam gross profit would drop. But overtime when he starts gaining customers in his new branch added to the already existing customers in his old branch there would a very large gross profit increase.
Explanation: Gross profit is the percentage of revenue a company retains after accounting for cost of goods/services.
In this case payment of staffs in both the old and new branches would be accounted for, with the new branch still very much dependent on the old branch for payment of staff until it can get its own customers, only then would the new branch be able to be self reliant and also make profit.
Major benefits of business in the local economy include a boost in employment and discretionary income in the community, tax income increases for local governments and a loyal customer base for businesses.